Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

The following table of the various trees receiving the name of
Oak is compiled from J. H. Maiden's `Useful Native Plants'—

Bull-Oak—
<i>Casuarina equisetifolia</i>, Forst.;
<i>C. glauca</i>, Sieb.

Forest-O.—
<i>Casuarina equisetifolia</i>, Forst.;
<i>C. suberosa</i>; Otto and Diet.;
<i>C. torulosa</i>, Ait.

Mountain-O.—
Queensland name for <i>Casuarina torulosa</i>, Ait.

River Black-O.—
<i>Casuarina suberosa</i>, Otto and Diet.

River-O.—
<i>Callistemon salignus</i>, De C., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>;
<i>Casuarina cunninghamii</i>, Miq.;
<i>C. distyla</i>, Vent.;
<i>C. stricta</i>, Ait.;
<i>C. torulosa</i>, Ait.

Scrub Silky-O.— <i>Villaresia moorei</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Olacineae</i>. Called also <i>Maple</i>.

She-Oak:—

Coast S.-O.—
<i>Casuarina stricta</i>,

Desert S.-0.—
<i>C. glauca</i>, Sieb.